Jailbreak Features Apple Should Copy For iOS 9

Apple is known to take ideas from jailbreak tweaks and turn them into stock features in its major iOS releases. Both iOS 7 and iOS 8 were a good example of this. It wouldn’t surprise anyone if Apple does this again, this time for iOS 9, when it is unveiled to the world at the opening keynote of WWDC 2015 on Monday.

Without further ado, here’s what we want Apple to copy from jailbreak tweaks in iOS 9:

Customizable Control Center Toggles

Control Center made its debut with iOS 7, and while it has seen certain refinements over the passage of time in the UI department, there’s still a lot more room for improvement. And that improvement can be made in allowing users to add or remove different toggles for settings.

FlipControlCenter is one such tweak from which Apple can take some clues from for iOS 9’s Control Center. This tweak allow users to replace the stock Control Center toggles (such as WiFi, Bluetooth) with something more befitting – such as VPN, Location Services etc.

Quick Reply In Third-Party Apps

Quick Reply is a godsend feature in iOS 8, but in current state it’s rather half-baked. It works great with the native Messages app by allowing users to reply inline right from the incoming notification. But if you’re using a third-party messaging app, you will have to launch the app itself and reply from there.

Jailbreak tweaks have sought to fix this problem however, and few of the noteworthy examples in this department are: IMN for LINE, Nuntius for WhatsApp and QuickReplier for Viber 2. Apple, if you’re reading this, please allow third-party messaging apps to access the real ‘Quick Reply’ feature.

Dark / Night Mode

iOS has lately taken the bright route with its UI elements. It’s nice and all, but not everyone is a fan of it. Addition of a dark / night mode as an option would go a long way with users who want more control over the aesthetics of Apple’s mobile OS.

Eclipse is a tweak that is at the forefront in the jailbreak world to enable dark mode theme on iOS devices, and we really wish this feature is native in iOS 9.

One-Handed Keyboard

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are big devices. So big in fact that Apple had to come with an innovative way of allowing users to reach elements at the top of the display using a feature called Reachability. If you’re an iPhone 6 Plus user, you’ll know that Reachability is not a complete solution for one-handed use, especially when using the stock Apple keyboard.

The HandKey jailbreak tweak fixes this by squeezing the keyboard on one side of the screen – either left or right – so you can use your phone one-handed. Apple needs to do something like this for one-handed use on larger iOS devices.

Widgets / Glances In Reachability View

Talking of Reachability view, it has this blank space on half of the screen which can be used to display useful info at glance, like Today widgets or Apple Watch-like Glances. There’s a jailbreak tweak called WidgetCenter which does exactly that, and we hope Apple takes some clues from it.

Apple Watch-like Advanced Power Down Menu

Apple Watch has a great power down menu which offers more options than just plain old ‘power off’ in iOS.

There’s a tweak called BetterPowerDown in Cydia which offers three separate sliders, one for powering down, one for rebooting and one for respringing your iOS device. This could be a great addition for power users in iOS 9.

So what do you guys think? Which jailbreak features do you want to see Apple implement in iOS 9? Discuss in the comments section below.

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There are so many other options that should be included like Multi Icon Mover, InfiniDock, Assistive+ etc and move the notification centre and control centre tabs to the sides of the screen so they don’t get accidently activated when I am scrolling a long page.

Techsticles

Not allowing Control Center to be customized is just about the most ridiculous thing Apple has ever done since the upside down Apple logo on MacBooks.

I’d like to see Tinybar, where notifications scroll across the top instead of dropping down getting in the way when you accidentally try to touch something toward the top of the screen and hit the notification instead.

Moz

I want to see:
-Quick Compose to complete Quick Reply
-Notification bars to include calls
-(wishful thinking) Keyboard swiping as a mean to control cursor movement in text
-Individual locking/restriction to restrict access to chosen apps
-Annoying redirects to App Store blocking/request for user input
-Pause on video recording
-Voicemail forwarding by email/sms…

One thing for about current keyboards I hate no swipe selection. You think they would have already done this

Matt Sears

Haptic feedback!!!!! And live wallpaper that reacts when you tap it and it ripples… And PLUS the screen write!!!! So it will have all features like the Note 4 and become one serious contender against the Samsung Note 4.

DLAROC

SwipeSelection definitely needs to be added. One of, if not the most, useful tweak for iOS. I don’t think there’s a tweak I use more. It’s so useful and convenient.

Zo Hegedus

F.lux please.

Patrick Gina

copy jony ive’s stupid asshole, fullscreen… to please iFags.

Timmy

You should rename the article to “Android Features Apple Should Copy for iOS 9”.

Ubermensch

Ha just what I was thinking…

Ubermensch

Just get a Note4 then.

Ubermensch

Its not about what you want isn’t it… It about what Apple thinks you should have. That type of thinking I cannot get behind.

William B.

Winterboard *-* with a theme store on the phone.

Matt Sears

Yes i had the Note 4. It is impressive. My wish is to see those features become available on the next upcoming iPhones.

You listed the app as better power down, but you are wrong. BetterPowerDown doesn’t add the 3 sliders, it just gives you the ability to use iOS 6 themed power off. RePower is the app that gives you 3 sliders, which BetterPowerDown is compatible with.

Thanks for making a few of us waste a dollar.

David Grappin

I couldn’t agree more.

DLAROC

They’re adding something similar to the iPad on iOS9. Two fingers turns the keyboard into a track pad to move the cursor. (Or something like that)

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